In which Goldy drink’s Mike McGinn’s wine…

Yeah, sure, I didn’t actually work for McGinn, and in fact, I voted for Mayor Nickels in the primary. But I gave McGinn my vote in the general election, and since I don’t expect a job offer in return, and he was holding a victory party down in my neck of the woods, I thought I’d stop by and grab myself a free drink or two.

And it was quite a party, filled with folks celebrating not just a new mayor, but a new regime in which the powers that be, no longer are.

That said, there were still quite a few familiar political faces in attendance, but fortified by the good cheer of the crowd (and a little of Mike McGinn’s wine) I’m willing to give the new mayor and his supporters the benefit of the doubt. At the best, we could be on the verge of one of the most progressive and effective administrations Seattle has ever seen. At the worst, it’ll at least be fun to watch.

Cheers.

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You libs sure do like stuff thats “free”. I used to go on vacations with some neighbors and they would bring their own booze to restaurants and then order one coke and ask for two glasses. Then, after the wait staff left, they would mix their own drinks. Other patrons would notice and I would roll my eyes. I’ll give you one guess which party they vote for. They could well afford to buy their drinks too but talk about cheap, holy fuck. Yep, they would bowl your ass over if there were appetizers. Then, while they were chomping down on “free” shit, they would bitch about the owners not paying the staff enough because of evil business owners and maybe leave a 2 percent tip. Real awesome folks.

Maybe Democrats could afford restaurant prices for drinks if Republicans weren’t continually busting our unions, cutting our wages, outsourcing our jobs, and making us pay all the taxes. But as long as that kind of shit goes on, don’t pretend there’s anything graceful about Republicans flashing their bankrolls in public places like restaurants.

You libs sure do like stuff thats “free”. I used to go on vacations with some neighbors and they would bring their own booze to restaurants and then order one coke and ask for two glasses. Then, after the wait staff left, they would mix their own drinks. Other patrons would notice and I would roll my eyes. I’ll give you one guess which party they vote for. They could well afford to buy their drinks too but talk about cheap, holy fuck. Yep, they would bowl your ass over if there were appetizers. Then, while they were chomping down on “free” shit, they would bitch about the owners not paying the staff enough because of evil business owners and maybe leave a 2 percent tip. Real awesome folks.

Sounds like most of the Republicans I know. But I would imagine anybody YOU call friends would be lying about who or what they are. If they’re YOUR friends they’re doubtless subhuman and it hardly counts.

Goldy– Did you know that some wine actually comes in a bottle with a cork in it?? The bubbles in your wine glass are indicative of cheap boxed wine. It will flair up your hemorrhoids, give you a headache and actually kill brain cells. You must really love boxed wine!

Michael– I think it’s the cheap Dollar Store cup…although that cup probably cost more than the wine in it. Man, if Goldy gulped down 2 cups of that shit, I wouldn’t want to be within a mile of his bathroom this AM!

No two-buck chuck for me! I drink good stuff now. If you quit your job and flip stocks, you can live like a Republican, too! Nobody should work. Taxes on wages are too high. Sitting around all day on your fat ass, making 1 stock trade a month (which takes all of 5 minutes), is the only way to go! It’s less effort, there’s no commute, no psycho boss to put up with, you can’t be fired or laid off, and the taxes are a lot less. Why the hell work and be productive when Congress rewards idle sloth?

@19 Actually, I worked my ass off for 45 years, which got me very little. The entire workforce of this country gets far less than half of GDP. The capitalist class gets the other 60%. The marginal tax rate on middle-class wages is 32.65%; the top tax rate on capital gains and dividends is 15%. A wage earner gets a $3,200 exemption; an heir gets a $3.5 million exemption. It’s obvious working is the worst way to get money from every standpoint. I didn’t really start to live until I quit working and began owning. You don’t get money by working for it; you get it by owning stuff. Republicans have known this for 200 years; all I’m trying to do is educate Democrats about the realities of what it takes to live like a Republican. You won’t get there by working for it.

Can’t you and cynical get a room somewhere? Was your mama street person that you think sucking each others’ dick in a public forum is a great idea. You 2 manage to lower the level in here substantially, way beneath contempt. Fine for you, probably, but the rest of us have some standards.

Trust me, Goldy, if you knew Wayne Hogue, you wouldn’t touch the stuff. He was Cynical’s twin. He was the worst hypocrite on the planet. He hired more illegal aliens than any 6 other places in the Yakima Valley and exploited them to the hilt. He cheerfully broke the law whilst proclaiming himself a member of the Episcopal Church

His kid that took over the Prosser branch is, I am told, OK.

But Wayne (if he hasn’t gone to his richly deserved place in hell yet)is all that you would despise in a person.

23. X’ad spews: Can’t you and cynical get a room somewhere? Was your mama street person that you think sucking each others’ dick in a public forum is a great idea.

Are you old enough to be on the computer without supervision?

The reason I ask… I picked my girlfriend up from the school she teaches at yesterday and some 3rd grade boy on the playground was using the same exact insult. Of course the names were changed, but the same juvenile insult was the same. Here’s a better question… Why do YOU consider gay innuendoes to be an insult?

You 2 manage to lower the level in here substantially, way beneath contempt. Fine for you, probably, but the rest of us have some standards.

Strange, last night the three banditos, Cyn, Steve and myself were kickin back at the end of this open thread talking about music and golf. Hopefully next time we can talk hoop. Sorry you weren’t there to pull out the “suck dick” card you and byebyegop/rujax seem to always have in your hand. Still dealing from the bottom of the deck?

23. X’ad spews: Can’t you and cynical get a room somewhere? Was your mama street person that you think sucking each others’ dick in a public forum is a great idea.

Are you old enough to be on the computer without supervision?

The reason I ask… I picked my girlfriend up from the school she teaches at yesterday and some 3rd grade boy on the playground was using the same exact insult. Of course the names were changed, but the same juvenile insult was the same. Here’s a better question… Why do YOU consider gay innuendoes to be an insult?

You 2 manage to lower the level in here substantially, way beneath contempt. Fine for you, probably, but the rest of us have some standards.

Strange, last night the three banditos, Cyn, Steve and myself were kickin back at the end of this open thread talking about music and golf. Hopefully next time we can talk hoop. Sorry you weren’t there to pull out the “suck dick” card you and byebyegop/rujax seem to always have in your hand. Still dealing from the bottom of the deck?

If your point was that you learned something from the third graders, then congratulations, you have indeed exceeded my expectations.

29. X’ad spews: 26. Marvin Stamn spews: some 3rd grade boy on the playground was using the same exact insult.

Here’s a better question… Why do YOU consider gay innuendoes to be an insult?

If your point was that you learned something from the third graders, then congratulations, you have indeed exceeded my expectations.

Once again, your skills at judging expectations have fallen short. I even learn from 1st graders. I’ve even learned from you.

From you I’ve learned when I ask you a question you are ashamed to answer, you ignore it-

Why do YOU consider gay innuendoes to be an insult

Because I know that it pisses off you conservative anal-retentives with your platform of homophobic “family values”

Now was that so difficult to figure out, moron?

Now I understand that your head is occupying so much of your ass that you would not be available for any anal encounters (presuming a human could be found with low enough standards and expectations to wish to perform same. Probably be accused of bestiality)) but the idea has merit.

@21 Actually, I worked my ass off for 45 years, which got me very little . . . You don’t get money by working for it

Oh, come. Good attorneys can do very well financially in private practice, whether as a solo practice or for a firm. Seattle doesn’t have the billable rates of California or the East coast, where a few New York firms breached $1000/hour just before the financial bubble popped, but let’s not kids ourselves – talented and even just good attorneys can do very, very well for themselves in this city. If making a lot of money was your thing, you had the opportunity “to get money by working for it,” unlike the great majority of people. For whatever reason you chose to practice law for state government. Wrong choice, I guess.

@41 The whole fucking world isn’t just about money, dolt! Many people go to law school for other motives. Being a lawyer isn’t even a particularly good way to make money. Contrary to your assertions, few lawyers get rich from practicing law.

In fact, the law is one of the hardest ways to make a living there is. One of my law school professors told us, “Practicing law is a fine hobby if you can afford it.” At the time, I thought he was kidding. He wasn’t.

A private law practice is a small business; and, like any other business, it requires capital that not everyone has. Plus it takes several years for a new practice to start making money, and you need a way to live in the meantime. All my classmates who started their own practices after graduation had working wives. Of course, it’s easier if there’s a family firm to get hired into; my personal lawyer inherited a law firm from his grandfather and father.

I didn’t go to law school specifically to work in state government, but I did go to law school specifically to be in public service. The idea of being a “hired gun” didn’t appeal to me. The idea of helping people, especially those who need help the most, did appeal to me. I became a lawyer in order to have a positive impact on the lives of people whose lives weren’t going well. If you want to knock me for doing that instead of chasing the almighty dollar, go right ahead — that says a lot more about you than it does about me.

@42 You haven’t proven shit until you and your fellow wingnuts pony up for the war in Iraq that you wanted and we didn’t want. It was put on a credit card, you know. That debt is still owing. So put up or shut up.

You want to know what a “cheap fuck” is? I’ll tell you what it is. I gave $100 to Operation Helmet to buy a battle helmet for a U.S. soldier or Marine that his own government wouldn’t buy for him (when Republicans ran it). Not one of you trolls contributed a dime to Operation Helmet. Not one of you.

If you went to work for state government to be in public service, you got exactly what you wanted, and plenty of it. So what’s the complaint about unless you’re referring to not making money? You worked your butt off for 45 years and didn’t make money – that’s your point.

As far as making money practicing law, starting salaries for new attorneys are much higher than those those of most other professions, and even higher if you go to work for a firm. And if you have talent and work hard, you can do much better. That goes to this point:

You don’t get money by working for it

which is inane. Plenty of people across plenty of professions do quite well for themselves working for money. You just weren’t one of them. By choice.

Lawyers produce no tangible goods and most times their services are for benefit of themselves (see class action law). The principal reason to employ a lawyer is to keep somebody else’s lawyer out of your wallet.

John Edwards, 12 year career in medical malpractice netted $175 million in judgements. What did the rest of us get? Higher health care premiums to pay for bad junk science awards for things no doctor should be blamed for. I’m sorry your kid has CP, but nothing the doc did caused that, despite what the smarmy fuck in the suit told the jury.

If they all keeled over dead tomorrow, the planet would be better off.

Funny, I didn’t know State “Judges” had unions. Oh that’s right, everything is subjective here. Just admit that you maybe once aspired to be an attorney or a judge, but fell flat on your face. There is still some honor in retiring with 45 years (supposedly) of service as the head courthouse janitor. Angry little bunny loses once again….

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